Today I went to Kivenlahti to wash all my clothes. A couple of weeks ago I found an entrepeneur who has put up a service that I need: a self-service laundry. The owner of the place told me that she has started the laundry six months ago. A hope she will survive. After my clothes were ready, I put them in my rucksacks, took the bus to Kauklahti, climbed to the hill beneath my studio, and hung all the wet clothes to an old clothes-line that I found there broken on the ground. I fixed the line...

Toronto trip done. it was nice for me to see old friends and 'the hood', and to reconnect with our friends from Istanbul who live there now. and it was doctors first time in north america. we went to Niagara Falls and Hamilton of course, to meet Kev and his gf. memories! also, i had forgotten how car centric canada was. i mean i knew it, but it still took me by surprise. i think it would be hard for me to integrate there, even if we lived very centrally. u just cant get very far with public...

NB: THIS POST IS ACTUALLY FROM 3/4 WEEKS AGO AND I'VE ONLY JUST REALISED I NEVER POSTED IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SO BUSY!... Circumstances have now changed and I will do an update tomorrow... So I have 3 jobs now, and I confess between them it leaves little time to indulge in any blogging. The film work is going well; I'm learning so much every day I feel like my time there is invaluable and I get on well with everybody (that's not hard they're all lovely). My boss trained as a tailor and has...

Since I cycled home in the downpour of last Wednesday, my iPhone 3GS has not turned on the backlight. I don't know if you have noticed, but the screen of the iPhone is darn near impossible to read with the backlight off, even in good lighting conditions. Given that iPhone 5 doesn't launch in a week, I find myself between iPhones. Rummaging through the kitchen drawers produced a functioning Nokia 5000d-2 and a 4 GB iPod mini. Maybe I can pretend I'm just trying to be retro until iPhone 5 is...

Sorry for the negligence. I'm back. Back in Sapporo. Back from what or where? Well, a trip. Or rather, a journey. Yeah. Journey sounds more grand. Let's stick with that. T his journey began on the 28th of February, 2007, and ended exactly three wee ks later, 21st of March. Not even arguably, undeniably one of the best journeys of my life. This enormous excursion included strange and won derful coincidences, new acquaintances, old friends, good luck, bad luck, beautiful scenery and of course...

The topic of this post is borrowed from the book by Gichin Funakoshi , father of Shotokan-school of karate, who is also considered to be a "father of modern karate". While I don't agree with that completely - I would rather put that label on Sokon Matsumura , who practically built the framework for the current popularity of karate and set the roots for Shorin-ryu -family of karate - I think that Funakoshi's ideological approach and work in Japan did make it possible for karate to spread...

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A quick one: - The Stick is my friend, The Clutch, however, is not. Yet. - Did laundry. - Went for a six mile walk/jog. - An autumn storm is promised for tomorrow. - Am reading a book about sugar cravings. - Bought a lottery ticket the other day. Won €10,90. El'o'el.

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I'm going to turn off my computer in a minute and not open it again in at least 24 hours. I waste all my time on this machine. This has to stop! So tomorrow I'll get to know our new baby (this petite pretty Mazda) and reacquaint myself with the dreaded stick. If you never hear from me again I have probably managed to wrap myself around a street light or some such, the amazing driver I am. Or it may well be that daddy dearest has had a nervous fit trying to get me to learn something about...

Kirsi challenged me to tell about the five senses, how cool! 1. Sight: I love to see everything beautiful, whether it is interiors, decorations, nature scenes, flowers, handwork, stitching. Unfortunately this doesn't imply at my house... (see the next challenge :P) 2. Smell: The best scent is clean laundry (dried outside). I like many scents too and would like to light scented candles everyday, also incences, but the rest of the family don't enjoy them. Todhe scent ofay I was enjoying the scent...

I found me a little efficiency a walking distance from work. "Me" here includes me and the hubby, who's moving in in a few months. "Little" means it is quite, but not too tiny. "Efficiency" is a local description for a studio on the smaller side: I'm not even sure mine counts as an efficiency, as it has a proper kitchen and a walk-in closet. "Walking distance" designates a European walking distance, about 3 kilometers, rather than an American walking distance, which equates under 1 kilometer...

Ok everyone. I didn't make it to Chicago this summer, but it turned out that Sami and I are moving to Canada. And of course Sigvard is coming with us. :) Everything happened very fast and is still confusing. Sami got a job and I applied for an internship. We got lucky and now are waiting for the work permits. Wild. I've been working the whole summer in a laundry service. The job is killing me, but it also motivates to study harder. :) I shouldn't complain, I get paid pretty well.. I guess. My...

It's the last days. Well, before going on another research visit to Copenhagen. I've no place to stay yet, but a friendly police officer just told me it is not a terrible crime to travel with a valid passport, although the name has changed. Hurrah for that. I've no clue where my Danish library cards and such are, and I cannot use my credit card before February. I've a new pin number though, which means I can carry huge amounts of cash with me to survive down there. There's a mountain of laundry...

I was bored and I felt like trying something new. Behold the result. I wasted tremendous amounts of paint on this. I wanted to see if I could keep going with the horizontal brush strokes only. I didn't quite follow it through. It looks kind of fun, though. The colours are so delicious, too. I love salmon red these days A LOT. I even have these shoes that I use in the spring time that are salmon leather and so good for my feet. Easy to take off in these computer rooms when it's too freaking hot...

It's hard to miss the constant debate over who's job is harder or who sacrifices more, the stay at home mom or the mom working outside the home or like me the part timers who do a little of both. I have finally decided to weigh in. And my verdict is, there is nothing to debate! You can't even compare. It's like comparing, apples to oranges to chicken nuggets. I have worked full time outside the home when the kids were little. The stress was crazy including the guilt of not being with the kids...

First we decorated our players tent. Then after dinner it was time to do some laundry and go to the Ship Wreck beach for some stretching. The beach was unbelievably beautiful, but the stairs leading to and from the beach … Continue reading →

... which basically means that back to close-to-zero-degrees-temperatures... In other words: fall has found Finland. For past few weeks it's been more and less rainy and f**king cold. And it's not gonna get any better, since that zero will be broken on wednesday the latest. Here in Helsinki, I mean. Up in Lapland it's already winter-wonderland. But. Enough on the weather. It's just so easy to write about the weather, because it's so amazing to me too... this year has been just insane...

Repeat weeks sick. First, ear infection, during which the continued my activism, I stood frozen solid and wet shoes outside for more than two hours. It directly to the play with a small nose runny nose, and a couple of days ago started a terrible flu. Now the feeling is getting better. Today I was cleaning the chaos in power have been my home and washed my hair. I changed was disgusting sheets and towels are clean laundry. I baked buns coconut custard and I ate probably five just for the joy...

Clean messes up quick Why it is effective: Should you let a spill or a stain linger for any period of time in your vehicle, it quickly becomes "personality" and is impossible to eliminate. Remember that time when Jim smacked his head on the doorframe and got blood on the armrest? Of course you do, now it's a stain and because you did not clean it up straight away you never have the time or the wherewithal to scrub away. Don't eat in there Why it's successful: If you're able to avoid eating in...